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Blurring the boundaries: the convergence of mental health and criminal justice policy, legislation, systems and practice
- Author:
- RUTHERFORD Max
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 96p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research has shown that there is a high prevalence of mental health problems among people in the criminal justice system. This high prevalence has combined with great pressures on criminal justice and health agencies working within the criminal justice system. This report shows that a convergence is taking place between mental health and criminal justice legislation, policy, systems and practice. There are more and more instances in which the health and justice systems have to work together for the care, support, rehabilitation and punishment of people with mental health problems that have, or are suspected of having, offended. It is intended to inform policy-makers and practitioners about where convergence can be useful and where caution is required. The report examines six examples of convergence in detail: criminal justice liaison and diversion; mental health courts; mental health treatment requirement; imprisonment for public protection; hospital and limitation direction; and the ‘dangerous and severe personality disorder’ programme. The report outlines the benefits of this convergence, such as: an improvement to mental health treatment and care in the criminal justice system, in particular the introduction of NHS prison in-reach services; Information-sharing is improving between health and criminal justice agencies; and improved commissioning between criminal justice and health agencies. Risks of convergence include: The lines between prisons and hospitals may become overly blurred; there is a danger that convergence will increase stigma for offenders with mental health problems; there is a risk that convergence may de-professionalise workforces and that practitioner roles will become increasingly blurred.
Mind inside
- Author:
- HALSE Cath
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, 9(6), July 2009, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This article is about a new prison counselling service that is being delivered by Sunderland Mind. Group and individual counselling services have been introduced to six prisons in the north east of England. The article describes how the service started and the factors behind the voluntary sector organisation's success. Sunderland Mind worked closely with other voluntary sector service providers within the prisons. There is some discussion of the need for partnership working in order to extend the service geographically and also to provide a continuum of care for ex-prisoners.
Women who challenge: women offenders and mental health issues
- Author:
- KESTEVEN Sue
- Publisher:
- NACRO
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 52p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Mental health problems can contribute to women's offending and mat be exacerbated rather than addressed in prison. This can be extremely damaging both to the women themselves and their families. The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the problems faced by women prisoners with mental health problems.
NYPD blues
- Authors:
- STOREY Les, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 2(11), July 1999, pp.371-372.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Some 25,000 people with mental health problems pass through New York City's jails each year, presenting the authorities with a formidable challenge. The authors examine how they are tackling the problem.
Learning from PPO investigations: prisoner mental health
- Author:
- PRISONS AND PROBATION OMBUDSMAN
- Publisher:
- Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 46
- Place of publication:
- London
This report examines deaths in prison custody that occurred between 2012 and 2014, which were investigated by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO), and where mental health needs were a factor. The report begins by outlining the context of mental health care in prisons and provides a brief overview of developments over the last two decades. It goes on to explore the relationship between mental health issues and both self-inflicted and natural cause deaths. The findings are discussed in two main sections covering the importance of identifying mental health issues and the provision of mental health care. A number of concerns are discussed about factors which have caused prisoner’s mental health issues to be overlooked. These include poor information sharing, failure to make referrals, inappropriate mental health assessments, and inadequate staff training. The report also reviews the standard of care received by prisoners whose mental health needs had been identified. Issues identified included a lack of coordinated care. At times there was little evidence of prison staff and healthcare staff working together, or there was a lack of joined up work between primary healthcare, mental health in-reach, and substance misuse services. Issues such as length of sentence and IT literacy were also found to be barriers to treatment. Case studies are included throughout to provide examples of particular issues. The reports concludes by stressing the importance of information sharing, a more coordinated approach to care, staff training and supervision. (Edited publisher abstract)
The Bradley report: Lord Bradley's review of people with mental health problems or learning disabilities in the criminal justice system
- Author:
- BRADLEY Keith
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 171p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This independent review was commissioned to examine the extent to which offenders with mental health problems or learning disabilities could, in appropriate cases, be diverted from prison to other services and the barriers to such diversion. The review incorporates the range of mental health problems and learning disabilities across the whole of the criminal justice system. It includes recommendations to government including the organisation of effective liaison and diversion arrangements and the services needed to support them.